Fees
About the fee step
This prototype simulates the fee step. Here is what that means, and what actually happens on the real portal.
What this tool does
No money changes hands here
The fee step in this prototype is simulated. Nothing is charged, no payment gateway is involved, and no application is filed with any public authority. You will never be asked for card or bank details.
Because of that, none of the usual payment problems can happen here — there is no failed transaction to reconcile and no refund to chase. If you came to this page looking for help with a payment that actually left your bank account, it was not this tool that took it.
The fee on the real portal
Filing an RTI application costs ₹10 under the RTI Rules, 2012. If you hold a Below Poverty Line certificate, you do not pay it.
If a payment there is deducted but you get no registration number, the standard advice is to wait rather than pay again — a duplicate payment is harder to recover than a pending one. For the current process and timelines, check rtionline.gov.in, which is the only authority on its own refund handling.
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